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Yes, meat, but not so much grains as potatoes.

• magicalhippo 5y ago
  I'll never forget when I was 6 or so and visiting my grandparents. My grandma had decided to do something wild and new and had made one of those newfangled frozen pizzas for dinner, kids loved those she'd read. So we sat down, each getting a slice, and then she serves my grandfather a small plate with three cooked potatoes on it... I ask what's the potatoes are for. "It's not dinner if there's no potatoes". And with that, he ate pizza with potatoes.
  • thom 5y ago
    In my youth my parents always served pizza with baked potatoes and coleslaw. I think there was definitely this general idea that pizza wasn't a meal in and of itself.
  • el-salvador 5y ago
    > "It's not dinner if there's no potatoes". This is mostly anecdotal, but I've had something similar happen in Nicaragua. Most of my acquaintances and friends don't consider pizza a "meal". It is considered by most only a side dish, because it doesn't come served with rice
  • pronlover723 5y ago
    It's a common attitude in various countries in Asia if you haven't eaten rice you haven't had a meal. Also common, if there's no soup something is missing.